Today's Stories
  • Sports
    • Irish defeat Hoyas in quadruple overtime (By ANDREW SOUKUP Associate Sports Editor)
      During one of the four overtime periods in Saturday's Notre Dame-Georgetown marathon game, Irish coach Mike Brey called his players around him and asked them a question.
    • Barksdale leads Irish in victory (By KATIE MCVOY Associate Sports Editor)
      On Thursday Muffet McGraw said Amanda Barksdale was due for a breakout game. With the amount of work the junior center was doing, she was looking for the numbers to show up on the score sheet. But, not even McGraw was expecting the performance she got from Barksdale on Sunday.
    • Irish come back to top No. 2 Michigan State (By MATT ORENCHUK Sports Writer)
      In a season of ups and downs, the Notre Dame hockey team really needed its victory against Michigan State Saturday. After dropping a 2-0 decision to the No. 3 Michigan State Spartans on Friday night, the Irish came back to beat MSU 3-2 on Saturday.
    • Notre Dame swimmers qualify for Big East championships (By NOREEN GILLESPIE Sports Writer)
      When he finished the 200-yard butterfly Saturday, sophomore Brian Coughlan looked up at the scoreboard in disappointment.
    • Veterans lead Irish to sole possession of No. 2 in the Big East (By NOAH AMSTADTER Sports Editor)
      When Muffet McGraw sat down on the podium following Notre Dame's win against Boston College Sunday, McGraw had a freshman and sophomore on one side, a junior and senior on the other.
    • Belles outlast Olivet for 65-61 conference victory (By JOE HETTLER Sports Writer)
      Saint Mary's freshman forward Emily Creachbaum scored a career-high 26 points and sophomore Katie Miller added 11 points to lead the Belles to a 65-61 conference victory against Olivet College Saturday afternoon.
    • Irish defeat Hoyas in quadruple overtime (By ANDREW SOUKUP Associate Sports Editor)
      During one of the four overtime periods in Saturday's Notre Dame-Georgetown marathon game, Irish coach Mike Brey called his players around him and asked them a question.
    • Barksdale leads Irish in victory (By KATIE MCVOY Associate Sports Editor)
      On Thursday Muffet McGraw said Amanda Barksdale was due for a breakout game. With the amount of work the junior center was doing, she was looking for the numbers to show up on the score sheet. But, not even McGraw was expecting the performance she got from Barksdale on Sunday.
    • Irish come back to top No. 2 Michigan State (By MATT ORENCHUK Sports Writer)
      In a season of ups and downs, the Notre Dame hockey team really needed its victory against Michigan State Saturday. After dropping a 2-0 decision to the No. 3 Michigan State Spartans on Friday night, the Irish came back to beat MSU 3-2 on Saturday.
    • Notre Dame swimmers qualify for Big East championships (By NOREEN GILLESPIE Sports Writer)
      When he finished the 200-yard butterfly Saturday, sophomore Brian Coughlan looked up at the scoreboard in disappointment.
    • Veterans lead Irish to sole possession of No. 2 in the Big East (By NOAH AMSTADTER Sports Editor)
      When Muffet McGraw sat down on the podium following Notre Dame's win against Boston College Sunday, McGraw had a freshman and sophomore on one side, a junior and senior on the other.
    • Belles outlast Olivet for 65-61 conference victory (By JOE HETTLER Sports Writer)
      Saint Mary's freshman forward Emily Creachbaum scored a career-high 26 points and sophomore Katie Miller added 11 points to lead the Belles to a 65-61 conference victory against Olivet College Saturday afternoon.

  • Inside
    • Choosing to have a voice (By MIKE CONNOLLY Editor in Chief)
      A recent poll by The Observer found that 43 percent of students "couldn't care less" about today's student body presidential election.

  • Viewpoint
    • Bush shines with State of the Union Address (Mike Marchand Undistinguished Alumnus)
      As President George W. Bush's words of plainspoken eloquence echoed through the chamber of the U.S. House on Jan. 29, it seemed that even history itself was pausing to observe and document the moment.
    • Quote of the Day (Sir Winston Churchill British Prime Minister, statesman)
      "Victory at all costs, victory in spite of terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no survival."
    • Walker should `die by the sword' he chose (David Fulton senior)
      There has been much discussion about John Walker Lindh, the infamous "American Taliban," these last several weeks. But unfortunately, there has been little discussion about one of the most important questions. What in the hell is he doing back in the United States? Why is this man in the custody of the country he holds so much animosity for, instead of the custody of his captors?
    • Criticism of French film falls short (Louis MacKenzie associate professor of French)
      In his remarks on "Brotherhood of the Wolf" in the Feb. 7 Scene section, Matt Nania makes two over-reaching statements that point to unfortunate prejudice on his part.
    • Arafat should not be tolerated (Seth Hiland senior)
      Sometimes we want something so badly that we will convince ourselves of anything to get it. Peace in Israel certainly seems to be exactly one of those things. Unfortunately, sometimes our desire for an end to the violence leads to a sort of willfull amnesia about the past. Those who are constantly excoriating Israel for its role in the increased violence as of late suffer from this forgetfulness about the region's history.

  • News
    • Palko/Mercanti campaign on NDToday.com Web site's founders also encourage subscribers to vote for ticket (By ERIN LaRUFFA Associate News Editor)
      Despite promises they would not use the independent, student-run Web site NDToday.com to endorse themselves, student body president and vice president candidates Scott Palko and P.J. Mercanti got some campaign help from the Web site this weekend.
    • Thieves take $4,000 during O'Neill Mardi Gras party (By JASON McFARLEY News Editor)
      Thieves stole more than $4,000 from O'Neill Hall this weekend during the dorm's annual Mardi Gras celebration, hall officials said.
    • Student life goals reach maturity Poorman gives progress report on student life (By JASON McFARLEY News Editor)
      What a difference two years made for the goals Father Mark Poorman established for student life.

  • Scene
    • Ins and outs of student government Scene details the responsibilities of the various offices of the Student Union (By SHELIA FLYNN Scene Writer)
      Notre Dame students will vote today to elect officials who will run a Student Union administration about which the student body knows very little. In fact, many students are unaware that the Student Union is the representative body at the University for students.